Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-11-10
ISTERHAL REVEHCE.
CornniEs;ouer Msiicr's Annual Re-
port Entcrcaiing Ezhibtt.

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lhy telegraph TO The Dispatchl
WASHINGTON, November 9.-Ion.
Joseph .. Miller, Commissioner OF In
tcruai Eovcnue, submitted his annual re-
port 10 the Secretary OF tine Treasury tC-
day. Il IS a printed document Oh 1850
pages, aud gives q FIJI. and detailed state
ment Of the operations Of the intenil-
revenue service during the lat fiscal
wear. and also OF the first quarter uf
the present fiscal ycar. The total
receipts from All sources of Internal
revenue for ,he fe,al year culu.,
.Jnne Both were &llS S1q.5l3 "a com
pared with sIlG.299. $50 fortheyc.ri,,t.
II is estimatcd that ts, eu.n OF &;.0.-
ono. 600 VIII he collected from the y.rjous
sources OF internal revenue duiog the
current fiscal year. provided no chances
are made in the rates OF taxation now
imposed. The totil cost q COLLECTION
for fine paet Gs,al wear ipclcI,ng tine
salaries O., officers. etc.. was i.C6.. llo.
BEING about 2. n,rc,uf Of the oin.r,f
collected. Tho cost ouriyg III. prsv.,us
fiscal wear WAS abopt 4. Is per cent. o. the
collections. Tne estimated exprue.. rar
the ncxt fi.cal year amount 10 about
SL.125.2S0. The general condition u.
the service is Reported 10 be GOOD
Commissioner miller saws the rcGrc
ton oe the number ~ internal revenue
districts by the Executive order @. Gnv
last has very considerably tAeucd She
cost oi collecting the intem!-r.y, hue
taxes and has not in auy muaner been
detrimental to Tie iut,rcstot tax PAYERS.
The whole number Of graiu-d .u..sr,s
registered during the last fiscal year Vas
l.ICO. Of which num0cr 800 we've o0l-
m'ed-an Increase OF IS in The nunucr
registered aud 10 in the number op,-
rated as compared with the previous
year. There were 1885 fui;-di,t.lleurs
registered end 1926 opTated-a de-
crease Of 1,llj in the number registered
and of l.149 IN the uamber operated
during the year.
Commissioner Miller r,news his
recommendation Of last year in regard
to the taxation OF fractional phts Of %
gallon OF distilled spirits tie aiso urccs
LEGISLATION authorizing the establishment
OF SPECIAL bonded warehouses for the
storage of brandy made from apples or
peaches or from any fruit whose di,til-
iation nav be authorized Be also Zee
conmends that the provision of s.t.1n
$3.50 Of the Revised statutes bee enlarged
SO as to authorize tne Comm saon r.
with the approval of the Secretary 81
III, Treasury. To permit the Installation
of other fruits under the same rro.
visions which now govern the Gia,a-
lstion Of apples, peaches, and grlpcs.
such brandy, be says, should also be
included in the warehousing act above
recommended. The quantity of spirits
III, S3l, 500 gallons produced anu de
pOs.tcd in the dIstlilcry Warehouses
during the last fiscal years. less then the
production of the year 1886 by 2.5l2, 15l
gallons. The quantity of spirits Co.,,
IS. BOB galons) withdrawn tax paid from
distiiIery warehouses during the past
fiscal year is less than the quantity with
drawn during the previous fiscal
wear by 2,913,59 gallons. The
Qunntitv of distilled spirits in the
United States, except what may
be in customs bonded warehouses on the
1st day OF October, 1887, was lG4, 1886
gallons, this quantity being distributed
as folloWs: In distiilery aud special
observation-disclosures, 6i,6JS,3U gallons :;
in the hands Of wholesale liquor-dealers,
1A,Gl4,959 gallons; i'll the hands OF re-
tail liquor dealers, 2S,2lJ,O1O gallons.
in making the above computation the
average stock of each retail liquor dealer
in the United States Is estimated at 100
gallons.
The Commissioner sets forth the evils
arising from the present method oil
treating uuimported spirits, aud recon
mends first, that section $3.50 Of the lie
vised Statutes he so recommended as TO
exclude as articles subject to customs
duty all domestic spirits returned to
this county and to provide Tor The col
lection Of internal-revenue tax due on
such spirits as shown by the marks
and brands on the packages ri
the time OF tue removal OF
spirits from distlllerles ana warehouses;
if this Is deemed lnadvisaole secono'
that the section be amended so as TO